Breakdown of Vi blev mycket förvånade över resultatet.
vi
we
mycket
much / very
bli
to become
resultatet
the result
förvånad över
surprised at
Questions & Answers about Vi blev mycket förvånade över resultatet.
Why does this sentence use över instead of av for "by"?
The adjective förvånad (surprised) naturally pairs with the preposition över. Prepositions rarely translate word-for-word from English, so it helps to memorize the whole phrase förvånad över (surprised by) as a set chunk.
Why is it förvånade instead of förvånad?
Adjectives need to agree with the subject they describe. Because Vi (we) is plural, the adjective must take the plural form. For participle-style adjectives ending in -ad, the plural is formed by adding an -e, making it förvånade.
The English translation says "We were", so why does the Swedish use blev (became) instead of var (were)?
Swedish often uses blev (the past tense of bli) for emotional reactions to show a change in state. Using blev emphasizes the exact moment you saw the result and "got" surprised. It sounds much more dynamic and natural here than describing a static feeling with var.
How can you tell from this sentence whether resultat is an en-word or an ett-word?
You can see it is an ett-word because the definite form meaning "the result" ends in -et, giving us resultatet. If it were an en-word, it would end in -en.
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